Developed to counter the Soviet armored threat in the 1950s, the M48 Patton became a crucial American main battle tank during the Cold War. -The mission of the tank was clear: beat the Russians in a ...

An M48 Patton tank, which was the model introduced to the U.S. Army in the 1950s and used extensively during the Vietnam War, has been on display outside of U.S.

The M48 Patton tank, which is owned by US Army Central (USARCENT), was transported from Shaw Air Force Base to Fort Knox's Logistic Readiness Center for a preservation project in late September.

FORT KNOX, Ky. — Wearing personalized “SDF6 tank paint crew” shirts, eight members from various Shepherdsville Amazon Warrior shops worked together to paint one of the historic M48 Patton ...

A Cold War-era M48 Patton tank has gotten a much-needed makeover and is back outside Patton Hall at a South Carolina Air Force base. Now it's back on display at the U.S. Army Central Command's ...

The subsequent M48 Patton was deemed unsatisfactory, and it received upgrades in the mid-1950s. To address apparent shortcomings in American MBTs, engineers began work on the T95 program.

The M60 “Patton” was a second-generation MBT. I put the “Patton” moniker in quotes because unlike, say, the M48 Patton, this particular make and model of tank was actually never officially ...

Jordan, an ally of the US, UK, and France, received 197 M48 and 200 M48A1 tanks beginning in the mid-1960s. Many Jordanian tanks saw combat during the Six Day War with Israel in 1967.

The Patton family of tanks saw widespread use during the Vietnam War. The M48 Patton and the M60 Patton were the main tanks used by the U.S. during the war. The M48 was armed with a 90 mm gun and ...

1 / 4 Show Caption + Members of the Fort Knox Gold Vault Signal Corps Regimental Association painted one of the historic M48 Patton tanks, located along Chaffee Avenue on post, on Oct. 25.